New Pink Floyd Box Sets Coming: Amazon Release Schedule for 2011 / 2012

Norm Apter

According to Amazon.com, the whole catalog appears to be set for standard edition rereleases on 09/27/2011. We also get the following, though no track listings are posted as of this writing. By zooming in, you can get some idea of what should be on these and based on that I included some potential info for the actual content of the following:

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Immersion Box Set (6 discs)

1. Live In Brighton 1972???

2. DSOTM 2003 documentary?

3. Concert Screen Films Stereo

4. Concert Screen Films 5.1 Surround

Others?

The Dark Side Of The Moon - Experience Version (2 discs)

CD1: 2011 Remaster

CD2: Live At The Empire Pool, Wembley, London 1974

On 11/08/2011 we get the following:

Wish You Were Here - Immersion Box Set (5 discs)

and

Wish You Were Here - Experience Version (2 discs)

CD1: 2011 Remaster

CD2: Unreleased Tracks
SOYCD (parts 1-6) Live at Wembley 1974
Raving and Drooling ~ Live at Wembley 1974
You've Got to be Be Crazy ~ Live at Wembley 1974
Wine Glasses ~ From Household Objects Project
Have a Cigar (Alternative version)
Wish You Were Here ~ With Stephane Grappelli

and

A Foot In The Door - The Best Of Pink Floyd

On 02/28/2012 we get:

The Wall - Experience Version (3 discs)

Unspecified Release Date:

The Wall Immersion set (7 discs)

Uilleann

http://www.whypinkfloyd.com/

Face

Where's the 192/24...bah!

nspindel

That'll be in three more years for another $100...

Danny Tse

And no one mention the official release date of the 5.1 SACD of "Wish You Were Here"?

On 7 November 2011, Phase 2 of the releases will include:
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The long-awaited 5.1 version of 'Wish You Were Here,' mixed by James Guthrie, will also be released in parallel via independent label Acoustic Sounds.

F1nut

Danny Tse wrote: »

And no one mention the official release date of the 5.1 SACD of "Wish You Were Here"?

That's fantastic news!

Norm Apter

I went ahead and "pre-ordered" the DSOTM & WYWH "Immersion Sets" last night.

Here is a more detailed list of the contents of the DSOTM Immersion Set:

The Dark Side Of The Moon (3CD & 3DVD Box Set)

Disc 1 - The Dark Side Of The Moon Digitally Remastered By James Guthrie 2011
Speak To Me
Breathe
On The Run
Time
The Great Gig In The Sky
Money
Us And Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse

Disc 2 - The Dark Side Of The Moon performed live at Wembley in 1974 (2011 Mix And Previously Unreleased)
Speak To Me
Breathe
On The Run
Time
The Great Gig In The Sky
Money
Us And Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse

Disc 3 - The Dark Side Of The Moon 1972 Early Album Mix Engineered by Alan Parsons (Previously Unreleased)
Speak To Me
Breathe
On The Run
Time
The Great Gig In The Sky
Money
Us And Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
The Hard Way (From 'Household Objects' Project)
Us And Them, Richard Wright Demo (Previously Unreleased)
The Travel Sequence, Live From Brighton June 1972 (Previously Unreleased)
The Mortality Sequence, Live From Brighton June 1972 (Previously Unreleased)
Any Colour You Like, Live From Brighton June 1972 (Previously Unreleased)
The Travel Sequence, Studio Recording 1972 (Previously Unreleased)
Money, Roger Waters' Demo (Previously Unreleased)

Box set includes:
40 page 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson
Exclusive photo book edited by Jill Furmanovsky
27cm x 27cm Exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print
5 x Collectors' Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson
Replica of The Dark Side Of The Moon Tour Ticket
Replica of The Dark Side Of The Moon Backstage Pass
Scarf
3 x Black marbles
9 x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches
12 page credits booklet

DVD 1 - All Audio:
The Dark Side Of The Moon, James Guthrie 2003 5.1 Surround Mix (previously released only on SACD) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps
The Dark Side Of The Moon, James Guthrie 2003 5.1 Surround Mix (previously released only on SACD) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps
The Dark Side Of The Moon, LPCM Stereo mix (as disc 1)
The Dark Side Of The Moon, Alan Parsons Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape in 1973) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps
The Dark Side Of The Moon, Alan Parsons Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape in 1973) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps

DVD 2 - ALL AUDIO VISUAL:
Live In Brighton 1972:
Careful With That Axe, Eugene (previously unreleased on DVD)
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (previously unreleased on DVD)
The Dark Side Of The Moon, 2003 documentary (25 min EPK)
Concert Screen Films (60 min total):
British Tour 1974
French Tour 1974
North American Tour 1975
Screen films play in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

DVD 3 - BLURAY, AUDIO+AUDIO VISUAL
Audio: The Dark Side Of The Moon, James Guthrie 2003 5.1 Surround Mix (previously released only on SACD) in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit
Audio: The Dark Side Of The Moon, Original stereo mix (1973) mastered in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit
Audio Visual: Live In Brighton 1972:
Careful With That Axe, Eugene (previously unreleased on DVD/BluRay)
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (previously unreleased on DVD/BluRay)
Audio Visual: The Dark Side Of The Moon, 2003 documentary (EPK)
Audio Visual: Concert Screen Films (5.1 Surround Mix):
British Tour 1974
French Tour 1974
North American Tour 1975
Audio Visual: Concert Screen Films (High Resolution Stereo Mix):
British Tour 1974
French Tour 1974
North American Tour 1975

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And here is the content of the WYWH Immersion Set:

Wish You Were Here (2CD & 3DVD Box Set)

DISC 1 - CD1:
Wish You Were Here digitally remastered by James Guthrie, 2011

DISC 2 - CD2:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-6) live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased)
Raving & Drooling live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased)
You’ve Got To Be Crazy live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased)
Wine Glasses from the unreleased ‘Household Objects’ project
Have A Cigar alternative version (previously unreleased)
Wish You Were Here featuring Stephane Grappelli (previously unreleased)

DISC 3 - DVD1, ALL AUDIO:
-Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps
-Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps
-Wish You Were Here, Original Mix (1975) LPCM stereo
-Wish You Were Here, Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps
-Wish You Were Here, Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps

DISC 4 - DVD 2, AUDIO VISUAL:
-AUDIO VISUAL: Concert Screen Films:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Intro
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
-AUDIO VISUAL: Welcome To The Machine animated clip
-AUDIO VISUAL: Storm Thorgerson short film
Concert Screen Films play in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

DISC 5 - BLURAY:
-AUDIO: Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit
-AUDIO: Wish You Were Here, Original stereo mix (1975) mastered in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit
- AUDIO VISUAL: Concert Screen films:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Intro
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
-AUDIO VISUAL: Welcome To The Machine animated clip
- AUDIO VISUAL: Storm Thorgerson short film

40 page 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson
Exclusive photo book edited by Jill Furmanovsky
27cm x 27cm Exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print
5 x Collectors’ Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson
Replica of Wish You Were Here Tour Ticket
Replica of Wish You Were Here Backstage Pass
Scarf
3 x Clear marbles
9 x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches
12 page credits booklet

nspindel

Wonder why the 2011 stereo Guthrie mix of WYWH is not included in 2496?

erniejade

Am I not reading this right... is the wall not going to be sacd? Just re-mastered again... ?

Norm Apter

erniejade wrote: »

Am I not reading this right... is the wall not going to be sacd? Just re-mastered again... ?

Well, it will be some time before we see The Wall Immersion Set (2012) so its impossible to say for sure what will or will not be included, but no I don't believe it will include on SACD.

As you probably know, the WYWH SACD has been rumored in Floyd circles pretty much since the 30th Anniversary DSOTM SACD was released, or at least for the last 5 years or so with conflicting rumors always swirling. In fact, its been mixed/mastered for about a year but kept under tight wraps. As noted above, it will be distributed by Acoustic Sounds and not included in the WYWH Immersion or Experience sets. So its not a part of these but will be purposely released in conjunction with them.

As for The Wall, I've never heard of rumors of an impending SACD. Always a possibility but I'd say there is a slim to none chance it will actually appear in one of these boxes. If the WYWH SACD sells particularly well, however, that could possibly spur them to give the same treatment to The Wall.

erniejade

Cool thanks for the 411 WYWH is one of my faves for testing bass. Welcome to the Machine the opening OMFG. On the 1.2's it feels like someone is punching you in the chest I cant wait for the sacd version. Maybe shm in Japan.......

Norm Apter

I forgot to mention one very important bit of information. During the messy legislation of the 1980s, Gilmour-Mason-Wright gained the right to use the name "Pink Floyd" going forward despite Waters' absence, however, in exchange Waters gained full control over The Wall and The Final Cut. Thus, unlike the other albums in question, everything to do with The Wall has to be cleared with Roger first.

Many have been complaining that the proposed contents on The Wall Immersion set pales in comparions to the contents for the other two Immersion sets announced thus far, and thus some have speculated that Roger is holding back on some material for other future releases. Given the fact that Roger is/has been touring The Wall in 2010 and 2011 and has stated on several occasions how there will be a release of some 1980/81 concert on Blu-Ray (I believe) -- this is not included in the proposed The Wall Immersion Set -- there is a very good chance that he will be putting together other Wall packages (CD, DVD, Blu-ray) independent of these and thus still the possibility of an SACD. That said, I haven't heard with any more specificity what exactly he proposes. I imagine it will become clearer after he finishes his current tour. Just something to keep in mind...

nspindel

FYI, I saw him on this Wall tour, in the 4th row. It was.... SUPERB!

Danny Tse

I can't help but mentioned that a version of "The Wall" from Roger Waters has previously appeared on multi-channel hybrid SACD....

http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1133

nspindel

Yeah, if you want to listen to Cyndi Lauper getting her Floyd on....

sda2mike

did they forget about animals??? IMO that studio version needs alotta help! the boots from that period are some of the most fiery..

Norm Apter

sda2mike wrote: »

did they forget about animals??? IMO that studio version needs alotta help! the boots from that period are some of the most fiery..

Well, there is the 2011 remaster of Animals (the Discovery version) that will be released in late Sept. The 1994 remaster was done by Doug Sax; this one will be remastered by his protege, James Guthrie. (Guthrie, I believe, is responsible for mixing/mastering the 30th Anniversary 2003 DSOTM hybrid-SACD as well as the 40th Anniversary Piper triple-disc set).

I think the idea is to go with the big three (in commercial terms) first: DSOTM, WYWH, and The Wall. If these sell well, then we might get additional Immersion Sets (and hopefully 2-3 disc Discovery sets for each) in the future.

Yes, Animals along with Meddle and Atom Heart Mother would be my top choices for a potential next round of Immersion sets. Animals would sound great in 5.1, don't you think?

Also, there's a tremendous amount of top quality unreleased material from 1969-71 including professionally shot video footage with great long versions of "Fat Old Sun" and "The Embryo."

And yes I thought it was great that this announcement came 34 years, to the day, after the finest "unofficial" Floyd live performance, IMO: May 9, 1977 in Oakland. Of the several dozen versions of "Money" I've heard, for example, nothing comes close to this one and none is quite like it. Love the guitar work on it. Money - May 9, 1977, Oakland Coliseum

outlander

Good grief, these guys have been done to death!

sda2mike

outlander wrote: »

Good grief, these guys have been done to death!

maybe that's the idea...the surviving band members are nearing 70...they probably realize that in order to preserve their legacy after they go, they should release and update alot of stuff fans have been asking for for years..

they sure as hell don't need the money...pink floyd, itself probably won't ever die..these releases just stoke the fire. i can never get enough..now that the bootlegs are being re-engineered...


mike

nspindel

I'm loving the fact that I just sold my "old" box set ("Oh By The Way") on Amazon for $100. That thing will be worthless as soon as the new one comes out. Nice mini-lp packaging, but I'm sure the new one will be nicer....